January 24, 2024
Uintah Railway Pictorial Volume 1- Mack to Atchee Sundance Books
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Uintah Railway Pictorial Volume 1- Mack to Atchee By: Rodger Polley Like new condition, no noticeable wear. Still has the original price sticker. SIGNED BY AUTHOR SundancePublications, Ltd.; first edition--first printing, 1999; hardbound; 81/2 x 11 inches; 320 pages; indexed; w/deluxe plastic dust jacket; 7 full-color pictures; 414 historic black & white views; numerous maps including mile-by-mile route maps; ISBN # 0-913582-68-9. CONTENTS: The Rio Grande Connection ...MACK, COLORADO The Desert and ...CARBONERA An Isolated Community ...ATCHEE, COLORADO Locomotive No. 50 in Service ...ATCHEE -- DIVISION POINT The picture story of the singularly unique Uintah Railway begins at Mack, Colorado, as this steam narrow-gauge line was constructing a hotel, office building and water tank during 1906. The arrival of new locomotives is illustrated, including numerous pictures of famous articulated engines Nos. 50 and 51. Their unique home-made Shay, No. 7, is shown. Various flatcars and gondolas, as-well-as cabooses, appear in service at this time. Gilsonite ore, the Uintah Railway's primary reason for existence, required warehouses for storage and interchange with the Denver & Rio Grande's standard-gauge line. The route across the unrelenting desert to the coal mine facilities at Carbonera is presented mile-by-mile --including cars being
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